Adam Saada, a 3 /12 month old Naples Florida baby, has been diagnosed with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), a primary immune deficiency disease. Early diagnosis of SCID is rare because doctors do not routinely perform a test in newborns to count white blood cells. This can usually result in the onset of one or more serious infections within the first few months of life. Adam has also developed PCP Pneumonia and is fighting hard to recover in order to receive an emergency bone marrow transplant. Adam’s parents, Amy and Hussam Saada desperately need our help.SCID became widely known during the 1970's and 80's, when the world learned of a boy with X-linked SCID, who lived for years in a plastic, germ-free plastic bubble. Since then the disease is more commonly known as the “Bubble Boy Disease.” This once-fatal disease should be now seen as a pediatric emergency, a condition that needs immediate diagnosis and treatment.
YOU CAN HELP ADAM
Adam needs a bone marrow transplant within the next 30 days. The “out of pocket” cost is minimally $25,000 and can be as much as $60,000. The family desperately needs your help to pay the transplant as well as for the rapidly mounting medical bills.
Stories of Adam on the web:
MSNBC
Naples Daily News (newspaper)
Local Florida CBS Affiliate - this story has video with Adam's brother and grandfather.
Sue Buck and Sharon Ardrey have set up a charitable trust for Adam and any contribution you make will be greatly appreciated by the family.
Please make your check to:
Sharon Ardrey for Adam Saada
Mail to: Encore Bank
3003 Tamiami Trail N. Suite 100
Naples, FL 34103
Attn: Banking
-OR-
Sharon Ardrey
1507 Vintage Lane
Naples, FL 34104
Call Sue Buck at 239-949-1352 for details
